I enjoyed the video and I think the conclusion was pretty fair.
the old super star was more fun to ride, felt lighter and quicker. Was in fact quicker. Looked great and felt iconic.
the new has much better hand hook geometry, shifts brainlessly, and doesn’t require you to be a bike expert to go out and ride pretty fast.
my favorite C&V’s are the ones I’ve put the most time into to polish into a neat fitting glove for me. The newer bikes have better ergonomics off the showroom floor and most people aren’t going to adjust a damn thing on their bike.
I adjust expensive race cars for a living and people that aren’t my clients tend to not adjust anything even on their $60,000-150,000 cars after they’ve spent $5000 for the weekend to be at the races. Average joe isn’t going to adjust their $699 Road bike so the manufacturers have to make something that “feels good” right off the showroom floor.